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Self employed man denied thousands in Covid bailout cash after simple tax form error

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Covid bailout cash. Furious Jay Jones has been left in the lurch after making one simple mistake on his tax return a year ago.

The 22-year-old is now among 1.6 million self-employed Brits who have fallen foul of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s help for strivers deal, reports The Mirror.The much vaunted Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will pay up to £21,570 in three grants to January 2021 to help sole traders through the crisis.

A fourth grant is due in spring. But there are pages of small print - including that self-employment must be at least half of someone’s historic income.

Mr Jones told The Mirror that he accidentally put down his profits as employment income in his 2018/19 tax return. That meant HM Revenue and Customs blocked.

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